12:20 PM,
Apr. 22, 2013

An artist's rendering of a proposed casino project in downtown Lansing.

Written by

Lindsay VanHulle
Lansing State Journal

An Upper Peninsula American Indian tribe has appealed a federal judge's ruling that stopped it from moving forward on a proposed casino in downtown Lansing.

The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians is asking the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati to overturn an injunction granted by a lower court in a lawsuit brought by Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette. Tribal attorneys also want the appeals court to dismiss the case, which a federal district judge rejected last month.

The move is the latest in an ongoing legal battle over a proposed $245 million tribal casino that ...